Site-specific traffic load modelling for bridge assessment

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 185-194

  O'Connor, A ^a   Eichinger, E M ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Federal Ministry for Health   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bridges; Concrete structures; Risk probability analysis

Indexed keywords

LOAD EFFECTS; RISK AND PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC LOADING;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; LOAD LIMITS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 37149029393     PISSN: 14784637     EISSN: 17517664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/bren.2007.160.4.185     Document Type: Article

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